The Census Bureau allows people to fill in the blank on the survey form with more than place of ancestry. Here are the top responses for the eight-county Greater Cleveland area. Hispanics are reported separately and listed below this chart.

Rank

Estimate

Margin of Error

1

German

665,471

+/-8,144

2

Irish

444,169

+/-6,542

3

Italian

301,848

+/-6,335

4

English

268,916

+/-5,125

5

Polish

227,844

+/-6,706

6

American

133,476

+/-4,935

7

Hungarian

117,825

+/-3,791

8

Slovak

89,080

+/-3,678

9

French (except Basque)

55,888

+/-2,525

10

Scottish

55,093

+/-2,674

11

Slovene

49,721

+/-2,343

12

Scotch-Irish

45,892

+/-2,530

13

Czech

44,136

+/-2,254

14

Russian

41,918

+/-2,762

15

Dutch

38,414

+/-2,298

16

Welsh

30,754

+/-1,890

17

Ukrainian

27,973

+/-2,136

18

Arab:

26,055

+/-2,414

19

Croatian

25,873

+/-1,685

20

Swedish

24,622

+/-1,880

21

European

20,345

+/-1,530

22

Greek

19,289

+/-1,545

23

Lithuanian

14,137

+/-1,452

24

Lebanese

13,700

+/-1,552

25

Romanian

13,244

+/-1,545

26

Swiss

12,697

+/-1,269

27

Austrian

11,386

+/-1,091

28

Norwegian

10,877

+/-1,192

29

Finnish

10,747

+/-1,112

30

Serbian

9,883

+/-1,301

31

African

9,488

+/-1,097

32

British

8,907

+/-943

33

Czechoslovakian

8,783

+/-824

34

French Canadian

8,583

+/-889

35

Pennsylvania German

6,785

+/-1,115

36

Yugoslavian

6,211

+/-1,394

37

Danish

5,890

+/-865

38

Eastern European

5,191

+/-963

39

Canadian

4,649

+/-752

40

Slavic

3,736

+/-609

41

Jamaican

3,636

+/-760

42

Albanian

3,500

+/-1,263

43

Portuguese

2,970

+/-693

44

Syrian

2,061

+/-685

45

Turkish

2,048

+/-649

46

Armenian

2,029

+/-594

47

Palestinian

1,899

+/-721

48

Egyptian

1,698

+/-729

49

Scandinavian

1,606

+/-386

50

Iranian

1,537

+/-472

51

Belgian

1,510

+/-475

52

West Indian

1,441

+/-579

53

Nigerian

1,406

+/-897

54

Latvian

1,369

+/-353

55

Northern European

1,238

+/-431

56

Bulgarian

1,139

+/-421

57

Jordanian

1,031

+/-585

58

Other Arab

990

+/-471

59

Israeli

979

+/-507

60

Iraqi

932

+/-652

61

Macedonian

915

+/-339

62

Guyanese

559

+/-494

63

Brazilian

522

+/-286

64

South African

434

+/-193

65

Moroccan

404

+/-289

66

Australian

393

+/-181

66

Carpatho Rusyn

393

+/-188

68

Haitian

380

+/-220

69

Celtic

378

+/-165

70

Liberian

352

+/-270

71

Ghanian

301

+/-299

72

Estonian

272

+/-138

73

Trinidadian and Tobagonian

266

+/-158

74

Kenyan

265

+/-262

75

German Russian

257

+/-182

76

Alsatian

237

+/-123

77

Sudanese

234

+/-264

78

Icelander

213

+/-136

79

New Zealander

201

+/-196

80

Cajun

157

+/-127

81

Bermudan

149

+/-152

82

Barbadian

141

+/-136

83

Cape Verdean

112

+/-104

84

Luxemburger

96

+/-72

85

Maltese

87

+/-124

86

Ethiopian

79

+/-59

87

Somalian

66

+/-107

88

Senegalese

65

+/-80

89

Belizean

64

+/-53

90

Bahamian

62

+/-73

91

Sierra Leonean

50

+/-77

91

U.S. Virgin Islander

50

+/-80

93

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac

33

+/-40

94

British West Indian

31

+/-35

95

Basque

20

+/-34

96

Cypriot

18

+/-29

Leading places of origin identified by Hispanics in the eight-county Greater Cleveland area, as reported to the Census Bureau.

Rank

:

Estimate

Margin of Error

1

Puerto Rican

53,472

+/-2,331

2

Mexican

26,894

+/-2,093

3

Cuban

1,642

+/-448

4

Spanish

1,557

+/-520

5

Salvadoran

1,369

+/-602

6

Guatemalan

1,358

+/-565

6

Dominican

1,358

+/-632

8

Peruvian

1,188

+/-473

9

Colombian

1,028

+/-368

10

Spaniard

1,024

+/-440

11

Honduran

731

+/-413

12

Argentinean

705

+/-324

13

Ecuadorian

512

+/-388

14

Venezuelan

451

+/-228

15

Panamanian

321

+/-189

16

Chilean

312

+/-189

17

Costa Rican

210

+/-165

18

Spanish American

102

+/-116

19

Uruguayan

91

+/-86

20

Nicaraguan

57

+/-74

Source: Census Bureau estimates for 2006-08, based on the ongoing American Community Survey.

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